October 25, 2011

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The New York Times hears something a little familiar in The Huffington Post’s new parenting blog, “Parentlode,” penned by Lisa Belkin, the former Timeswoman who wrote the Times’s “Motherlode” blog – and has gotten lawyers involved, John Koblin reports.

“While we are flattered by your focus on our blog and your apparent fondness for its name, we obviously cannot permit you to adopt a name whose sole purpose is to create an association in the minds of readers with our ‘Motherlode’ blog,” wrote New York Times Co. lawyer Richard Samson in a letter addressed to Huffington.

“This is a transparent attempt to capitalize on the fame and reputation of the original nytimes.com blog, and constitutes an obvious infringement of The Times’ rights under U.S. Trademark law,” Samson wrote in the letter, which was obtained by WWD.

A HuffPo spokesman told Koblin, “Our only comment is that we’re very happy with the launch of Lisa Belkin’s column today — and so are our readers.”

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